[Lady Bliss]

A security audit from hell has been killing me the last couple of weeks. After going in early and working late, I am totally dead. I had the dubious pleasure of being told today that this could be a great "career opportunity" for me.... "uh... thanks?"

[Andorion]

So my girlfriend decided to extend her stay with her relatives, and she immediately fell ill. Its basically a rehash of last time with no proper healthcare to speak of and thanks to the crappy mobile coverage I am having trouble getting news.

[Cause]

So I have been having PhD troubles. So I have worked nights and weekends and generally just hard for months now to prove that my project is in fact a dead end. I need to try and come up with a new project, that's quick and easy. Although my supervisor has made me the offer to come up with a new project he has not been supportive and I almost wonder if he is sincere.

[Traveller]

Boy back home and stopped being sick.

Got up last night when I thought I heard him, went into his room and... he was fast asleep. Then my daughter sat up i the next room and threw up over her bed!

Wrong room dammit. So she's off school today, and I'm starting to feel rough now too. I'm putting off the inevitable call to work as they are going to be pissed if I can't make it in tomorrow.

[Gust Hubb]

They should understand. You've been through a lot already.

[HiddenOne]

Remind them that you are highly contagious and that if you infect everybody, the whole place will suffer - but just this once you will take one for the team and stay at home.

Hope your kids feel better, I know it hurts my soul when my little girl is ill with anything

[Andorion]

The Malazan universe has taken over my smartphone!!!! Everytime I try to type anything with S in the beginning, the phone substitutes the word Skykeep!!!

[Gust Hubb]

Why is that in the groove thread.

[Traveller]

HiddenOne, on 09 October 2014 - 02:12 PM, said:

Remind them that hey you are highly contagious and that if hey you infect everybody, the whole place will suffer - but gust this once hey you will take one for the team and stay at home.

Hope yer kids feel better, I know it hurts my soul when my little girl is ill with anything

Thanks HD, and Gusty. It really has been a shit week though, last night it was the boys turn again - and inevitably after 5 days of cleaning up after sicky kids, I've got it now. So I'm off work today, with both of them to look after!

[Gust Hubb]

My word man. Hang in there. Can't be sick forever.

[High House Dark]

Gust Hubb, on 10 October 2014 - 11:59 AM, said:

Can't be sick forever.

... I guess you've never heard of chronic illnesses then.


tho I know thats not the case with Traveller, but still.

This post has been edited by High House Dark: 10 October 2014 - 03:25 PM

[Gust Hubb]

You know what I mean, HHD. Come on...

[Traveller]

S'ok, managed a whole day without any puke!

So my groove is only really messed now by my headache and need for alcohol.

[Gredfallan Ale]

Okay.

So, I've left my girlfriend today. We've been living together for more than three years, so I'm temporarily back at my parents house, until I can sort things out a bit. It was one of the hardest decisions of my life, yet, but, based on how I feel right now (e.g., relieved), I think I've made the right decision.

Still, it's hard and probably even harder for her. Right now I'm feeling a mixture of guilt, sadness, and relief. It's a strange rollercoaster.

I hope I can find (temporary) housing soon, although some of my friends offered me a room to stay in for a while.

That's why I'm not sure if I can participate in upcoming Mafia games, as I cannot garantue I have enough time or focus to be nothing but a filthy, low poster.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Argh! Our housing woes continue!

My partner's parents very kindly gifted us our deposit for the house - they live in Australia so our soliciotrs rightly wanted international checks for ID and what have you for money laundering purposes. However... we are all but ready to exchange (they have had the deposit and their fees in total) and they have now SIX WEEKS after asking for them discovered that the international check has failed and actually they really should have asked for certified copies of ID.

A law firm that doesn't understand that copies of ID documents need to be certified. It'd be funny if it wasn't so worrying.

Throughout the last six weeks they have also falsified emails to us (to try and avoid trouble for not contacting us for three weeks when they had the sale contract), repeatedly given assurances that all was fine and ready to proceed only to then go back on it hours/days later and say something was missing. They inspire no confidence and the seller is getting more and more likely to pull out with each new delay. It really is our dream house and I'm rather worried we'll lose it because of their total incompetence.

On top of all that we met a beautiful cat today that we'd love to give a home to, but we daren't reserve him until we have a completion date (looking further and further away), so now I just have another reason to be angry with their incessant mistakes and delays.

The only positive (sort of) is that the poor cat is FIV positive, so lots of people are overlooking him. With any luck in a couple of weeks time he will still be there and we'll be able to reserve him and make him a part of our family.

Bleurgh, enough of me moaning!

[Gust Hubb]

My kid is going through a stubborn phase and has to be put back in his room until he wants to cooperate. Sad cause we were having so much fun playing football today and yesterday had to leave a birthday party early, before cake.

[High House Dark]

Gust Hubb, on 10 October 2014 - 04:09 PM, said:

You know what I mean, HHD. Come on...

Yeah yeah yeah, i'm teasing.

[Tiste Simeon]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 12 October 2014 - 02:46 PM, said:

Argh! Our housing woes continue!

Oh man I am so sorry for you I know how frustrating buying a house can be especially when you jump through every hoop they throw at you and you are essentially helpless to do anything about it! I really hope it all comes through for you & I'm fairly sure that providing you kept all the correspondence you should be able to put it to a complaints committee should things not work out.

I wish I knew more about conveyancing law.

[MTS]

Having to legitimately call in sick on the first day of the school term, as it really looks like I just wanted an extra day of holidays. Frankly I'd rather be working than be up at 5 a.m. having spent the last three hours vomiting into a toilet bowl...

[Gnaw]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 12 October 2014 - 02:46 PM, said:

so our soliciotrs rightly wanted international checks for ID and what have you for money laundering purposes. However... we are all but ready to exchange (they have had the deposit and their fees in total) and they have now SIX WEEKS after asking for them discovered that the international check has failed and actually they really should have asked for certified copies of ID.

A law firm that doesn't understand that copies of ID documents need to be certified. It'd be funny if it wasn't so worrying.

Throughout the last six weeks they have also falsified emails to us (to try and avoid trouble for not contacting us for three weeks when they had the sale contract), repeatedly given assurances that all was fine and ready to proceed only to then go back on it hours/days later and say something was missing. They inspire no confidence and the seller is getting more and more likely to pull out with each new delay. It really is our dream house and I'm rather worried we'll lose it because of their total incompetence.

I hate to be negative here, but the lawyers need to be fired before they cost you more than the loss of the dream house. As in, the sellers not only stop the sale but end up suing you for lost time/value/etc.